| Description |
303 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm. |
| Note |
Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 25-September 7, 2008; Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, October 24, 2008-January 25, 2009; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX, February 22-May 17, 2009; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, June 23-September 20, 2009. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 296-297). |
| Contents |
The National Museum of Afghanistan / Omara Khan Massoudi -- Saving Afghanistan's heritage / Carla Grissmann and Fredrik Hiebert -- The treasure of Tepe Fullol / Jean-François Jarrige. Tepe Fullol catalog / Fredrik Hiebert -- The Greek colony at Aï Khanum and Hellinism in Central Asia ; Aï Khanum catalog / Paul Bernard -- Begram, at the heart of the Silk Roads / Sanjyot Mehendale. Begram, Alexandria of the Caucasus, capital of the Kushan Empire / Pierre Cambon. Begram catalog / Sanjyot Mehendale -- Ancient Bactria's golden hoard / Viktor Ivanovich Sarianidi. Tillya Tepe, the hill of gold, a nomad necropolis ; Tillya Tepe catalog / Véronique Schiltz. |
| Subject |
Art, Afghan -- Exhibitions.
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Afghanistan -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions.
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| Added Author |
Hiebert, Fredrik T. (Fredrik Talmage)
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Cambon, Pierre.
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National Geographic Society (U.S.)
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Mūzih-ʼi Kābul.
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| ISBN |
9781426202957 (pbk.) |
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1426202954 (pbk.) |
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9781426203749 |
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1426203748 |
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